The act of conceiving.
An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
The state of being conceived; the beginning.
The start of pregnancy.
The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
The outcome or result of a process or act.
The end or close of a pleading, for example, the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
A decision reached after careful thought.
An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.
The end, finish, close or last part of something.